Cardiovascular disease

Black people have high rates of cardiovascular disease. They were randomized the TM group and the health education group.

The researchers concluded from the results that TM significantly reduced myocardial infarction, stroke and mortality.

Source:http://circoutcomes.ahajournals.org/content/5/6/750.short

Depression, stress and burnout

Forty support staff and secondary school teachers from Bennington, a school for kids with very bad behavioural problems, in Vermont, USA, were assigned to either to the wait list group or the TM group for four months.

From the results the researchers concluded that TM reduced psychological distress.

Source:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3951026/

HIV

Researchers conducted a single blind randomized controlled trial on 22 people with HIV.

They were equally randomized to the healthy eating group and the TM group.

The TM group displayed significant improvement in vitality.

The researchers concluded that TM was a viable way of reducing stress in people with HIV and could enhance their quality of life.